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Subject: [Leica] New lenses and S2
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:19:24 -0400

The S2 is the F22 Fighter plane which takes pictures and does not fly.



OK the F22 probably takes pictures.

Mark William Rabiner



> From: mehrdad <msadat at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 18:37:20 -0800
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] New lenses and S2
> 
> i went PMA for one day last week, and did play with the S2 70mm and 180mm
> lens. quite nice and very fast auto focus. the leaf shutter was not working
> yet. the feeling was like a leica r8 with dmr just a bit bigger but less
> weight for the camera, so s2 flet lighter. the lenses very much remind me 
> of
> the pentax 6x7 lenses. same size and almost same look. they are shooting 
> for
> sep/oct delivery and with a pro service available both in west & east cost
> for quick fixes, loners and stuff like that. the high iso was still
> undetermined and with a UMDA card like sandisk u can shoot none stop.
> 
> i also shot with the new nocti, 24,21 and 18mm lens with my sd card. the 
> new
> nocti seems narrower than the old one and quite sharp, the 21,24 where a
> delight to use and not that heavy.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>> LUG:
>> 
>> There are some interesting reviews of the new 24/1.4, 18 Super-Elmar, and
>> the S2 on this blog:
>> 
>> http://dfarkas.blogspot.com/
>> 
>> He has a lot more details than I've read before on the S2.  Is anybody
>> interested in that camera?
>> 
>> The new M lenses look great.
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> Tina Manley
>> www.tinamanley.com
>> 
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> 
> 
> 
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>  regards, mehrdad
> 
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Replies: Reply from Clive at moss.net (Clive Moss) ([Leica] New lenses and S2)
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